Achilles bank - any experience?

[dfrase]

Anyone tried this spot? Thinkin of makin a run there from hornby if wind chills out. Its located between texada, hornby and lasqueti.

 

[spring fever]

Anyone tried this spot? Thinkin of makin a run there from hornby if wind chills out. Its located between texada, hornby and lasqueti.

I thought that was an RCA-just checked the regs-I'm pretty sure by your description -it is.

 

[dfrase]

Yea i just looked amd u are correct. I thought that meant rockfish only but looks like no salmon fishing for sporties either.

Thx for the heads up

 

[Seafever]

All RCA's are off limits to sporties....if your commercial, that's a different story.

 

[Charlie415]

Regs say all FINFISH

 

[trophywife]

All RCA's are off limits to sporties....if your commercial, that's a different story.

are you kidding or takin shots outa yer arse? are they really allowed to fish in rca?

 

[Rob H]

Commercials are allowed to seine or gill net for herring in an RCA, yet sporties can't use use a herring jig shallow to catch a few herring. Doesn't make any sense to me but fisheries confirmed this to me a few years ago near De Coursey Island off Nanaimo.

...Rob

 

[Cuba Libre]

If you are a commercial hook and line fisherman, you cant fish in a RCA. But seine and gillnet can. The rational is that rockfish are bottom dwellers and anyone stupid enough to drop his $10,000 seine net or his gillnet into the bottom for the sake of a few salmon is going to learn quickly that its not a good thing!! LOL

Realistically. the RCA is there to help out rockfish..... not to prevent all types of fishing that probably will not hurt rockfish one iota.

 

[hambone]

Commercial prawn boats fish in RCAs and cod that can fit in the doors definitely do come up in their traps, a small amount but they add up!